Marina and the Diamonds: 'Mowgli's Road'

'Mowgli's Road' first appeared as the B-side to Marina Diamandis's debut single 'Obsessions' earlier this year. Now that the half-Greek, half-Welsh singer-songwriter has been snapped up by Atlantic Records, she's re-recorded it with Sneakerpimps knob-twiddler Liam Howe and putting it out as her major label debut. Thankfully, no one's tried to tone down the track's fundamental battiness.

As if to prove the point, it still begins with Marina trilling "Cuck-oo!". What follows is no less bizarre, as she crams monkey sound effects, lyrics about being chased by cutlery, some typically idiosyncratic vocals, toe-tapping percussion and a proper pop chorus into a perky three-minute package. Then there's the accompanying video, which Marina describes - mouth-wateringly - as "Jim Henson does Beyoncé's 'Single Ladies'". If you like your tunes catchy with a generous sprinkling of kookiness, you'll gorge yourself silly on 'Mowgli's Road'.


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